Storm lashes Japan

September 30, 2012

Strong winds injured dozens of people and caused blackouts and traffic.

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A station employee (R) answers customer enquiries about disruptions to the train service caused by Typhoon Jelawat at a railway station in Tokyo on September 30, 2012. Powerful Typhoon Jelawat made landfall on September 30 on the Japanese mainland a day after hitting southern Okinawa island, where local media said it left one dead and some 140 people injured. JAPAN OUT AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESSJIJI PRESS/AFP/GettyImages

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A station employee (R) answers customer enquiries about disruptions to the train service caused by Typhoon Jelawat at a railway station in Tokyo on September 30, 2012. Powerful Typhoon Jelawat made landfall on September 30 on the Japanese mainland a day after hitting southern Okinawa island, where local media said it left one dead and some 140 people injured. JAPAN OUT AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESSJIJI PRESS/AFP/GettyImages